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Teddy Boys or 'Edwardians' began to appear in the early 1950s on the streets of South and West London. Dandified street gangs; their extravagant dress and defiant pose made them popular subjects for the expanding media of magazines and television in the 1950s.

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In the late 1940s, after the end of WWII, the fashion industry in Britain was in the doldrums. This was partly due to wartime rationing, which made obtaining certain kinds of materials difficult

In an attempt to kick-start the business, the men’s tailors of Jermyn Street and the West End devised a style based on the turn of the century, Edwardian clothing. They were hoping to sell to the young officer class who were being demobbed from the various services.

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